Japanese

Welcome to the CLCS Japanese language and culture resources.

We teach Japanese language classes to TCD students and to the general public. We hope you will find these online resources useful as you prepare class projects, and keep up your Japanese language learning outside class.

Useful web sites for self study

Genki Online Self Study Room
http://genki.japantimes.co.jp/self_en

Erin's Challenge
http://www.erin.ne.jp/
(A good website for self study with videos and sound files)

Japanese in Anime & Manga
http://anime-manga.jp/

Nihongo e-na
http://nihongo-e-na.com/eng/
(A website dedicated to good online resources for learning Japanese. Go to a category you are interested in, and you can find further resources.)

European Language Portfolio, Japanese Version
http://eportfolio.jlti.org/

Useful web sites for learning Hiragana and Katakana

Kana flash card
http://www.zompist.com/flash.html

Hiragana practice
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/sheaa/projects/hiragana.html
(How long does it take to complete this hiragana chart?)

Real Kana
http://www.realkana.com/

Online Katakana game
http://genkienglish.net/kokugo/katakana1.htm
(Test your memory!)

Kana no kakikata
http://www.coelang.tufs.ac.jp/modules/ja/basic/index.html
(choose letters from the menu on the left. If you click カタカナ, it changes to Katakana.)